Books about heinrich himmler and reinhard heydrich. Next to hitler, himmler emerged as the most powerful man in nazi germany. He was at hitlers right hand guy who jumped at anything that came up. As a member of a reserve battalion during world war i, himmler did not see active service. Heinrich himmler, an unremarkable looking man, was hitlers top enforcer, in charge of the gestapo, the ss, and the socalled final solution. At the end of world war ii, it was assumed that the letters of heinrich himmler were lost. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read heinrich himmler. An extremely informative, accurate and unbiased account of one of hitlers closest ranks.
The nazi murder and persecution of the jews, also published by oxford university press, which is widely recognized as the standard account of the nazi. Heinrich himmler by peter longerich the sunday times. Exhaustiveand sometimes exhaustinglife of the nazi functionary who rivaled adolf hitler in power and influence. He was great at seeing opportunities and making the most of them. Perhaps more than any other single nazi leader aside from hitler, his name has become a byword for the terror, persecution, and destruction that characterized the third reich. Masterfully interweaving the story of himmlers personal life and political career with the wider history of the nazi dictatorship, longerich shows how skilfully he. Real history and the alleged silencing of heinrich himmler. Nazi antijewish policy and the genesis of the final solution. Heinrich himmler was born on october 7 1900, in munich, to gebhard himmler and anna maria himmler.
The originals of these papers were located in a salt mine in the salzburg region and seized in 1945 by american forces. With an active marketplace of over 175 million items, use the alibris advanced search page to find any item you are looking for through the advanced search, you can find items by searching specific terms such as title, artist, song title, genre, etc or you can narrow. As head of the ss, chief of police, reichskommissar for the consolidation of germanness, and reich interior minister. Katrin himmlers cool but meticulous examination of the himmler story reveals in all its dark complexity the gulf between the normality of bourgeois family life and the horrors perpetrated by one member. Therefore it is necessary, longerich convincingly argues, not merely to portray himmler the man but also the institutions he created in his own image. Praise for heinrich himmler there have been several studies of this enigmatic man, but peter longerichs massive biography, grounded in exhaustive study of the primary sources, is now the standard work and must stand alongside ian kershaws hitler, ulrich herberts best and robert gerwarths hitlers hangman. Article information, pdf download for peter longerich, heinrich himmler. The holocaust differs from other genocides in recent history for one main reasonthere is no other example in which a minority was annihilated so systematically on the orders of a head of state and through the apparatus of government. Yet sixty years after himmlers capture by british troops and subsequent suicide, the letters mysteriously turned up in tel aviv and, in early 2014, excerpts were published for the first time by the israeli newspaper yediot aharonot providing a rare, if jarring, glimpse into the family life of one of. Pdf himmler shoah resource center, the international school for holocaust studies. Paramilitary organizations in germany from 18711945 dtic. Heinrich himmler by peter longerich obsessed with detail and control, heinrich himmler hid extraordinary evil behind a mask of mundanity. Masterfully interweaving the story of himmlers personal life and political career with the wider history of the nazi dictatorship, longerich shows how skilfully he exploited.
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As head of the ss, chief of police, reichskommissar for the consolidation of germanness, and reich interior minister, heinrich himmler enjoyed a position of almost unparalleled power and responsibility in nazi germany. The private heinrich himmler by katrin himmler overdrive. Buy heinrich himmler reprint by peter longerich isbn. Masterfully interweaves the narrative of himmlers personal and political life with the wider history of the nazi dictatorship. Heinrich himmler hardcover by max williams and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Description of eight microfilms of rsha files in moscow archives, currently in private hands in washington dc.
While hitler came from austrian peasant stock, himmler, who was born in 1900, and heydrich. The firstever comprehensive biography of heinrich himmler as head of the ss and chief of police, a central figure in the nazi war of racial extermination and oppression. In this epically gripping portrait, longerich notes that the ss leaders squalid end chewing a cyanide capsule in prison explained the lack of a himmler legend. Juli 1936, ss defender against bolshevism, heinrich himmlers taschenkalender 1940, geheimreden 1933 i. Peter longerich born 1955 in krefeld is a german professor of history. We know surprisingly little about heinrich himmlers early career. Peter longerich is professor of modern german history at royal holloway university of london and founder of the colleges holocaust research centre. Heinrich himmler is an interesting figure to study. Goring, goebbels, himmler, heydrich and revolutionary totalitarian. Little in either himmlers or heydrichs upbringing would have indicated their future line of work.
In this, the firstever comprehensive biography of the ssreichsfuhrer, leading german historian peter longerich puts every aspect of himmlers life under the microscope. Spanning thirty years, the diaries paint a chilling picture of a man driven by a narcissistic desire for recognition who found the personal affirmation he craved within the. How could the son of a prosperous bavarian catholic public servant become the organizer of a system. Himmler, heinrich 1900 1945, leader of the ss and chief of german police, an architect of the final solution, and one of hitlers main advisors. Heinrich grew up catholic but later became a big antichristian. In disfavor for the last couple of decades, psychohistory finds a champion in longerich modern german historyroyal holloway university of london. In this, the firstever comprehensive biography of the reichsfuhrerss, leading german historian peter longerich puts every aspect of himmler s life under the microscope. His legal battles mostly behind him, david irving has resumed work on heinrich himmler. If you dont and if you dont know much about himmler in my opinion, the most sinister of of hitlers henchmen this is a comprehensive biography. You learn from the book how much himmler was into the. Buy heinrich himmler by peter longerich from waterstones today. In this, the firstever comprehensive biography of the ssreichsf hrer, leading german historian peter longerich puts every aspect of himmlers life under the microscope.
Longerich, the first historian to make use of the goebbels diaries in a biographical work, engages and challenges the selfserving portrait the propaganda chief left behind. The daily telegraph praise for heinrich himmler there have been several studies of this enigmatic man, but peter longerichs massive biography, grounded in. Peter longerich in 2012, little if any in depth attention was given to the study of himmlers personal relationships. Yet he was hitlers top enforcer, in charge of the gestapo, the ss, and the socalled final solution. Named one of the best books of the year by the telegraph from renowned german holocaust historian peter longerich comes the definitive onevolume biography of adolf hitlers malevolent minister of propaganda. Through the recent discovery of documents, the central role that hitler played in the persecution and murder of the european jews can be proved much more. We can only wonder, as biographer peter longerich asks, how could such a banal personality attain such a historically unique position of power.
We can only wonder, as biographer peter longerich asks, how could such a banal personality attain such an historically unique position of power. In 1946 they were filmed at the berlin document center. Heinrich himmler peter longerich download free ebook. Heinrich himmler peter longerich oxford university press. Heinrich married margarete boden on july 3 1928, at age 27. Wikipedia article, commons gallery, commons category, quotes, wikidata item. Himmler was there to see a new dieselpowered gas chamber in action, but no new prisoners were scheduled to arrive that day.
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Heinrich himmler, book by peter longerich paperback. Yet, in spite of his central role in the crimes of the nazi regime, until now himmler has remained a colourless and elusive figure in the history of the period. Peter padfield does an excellent job of capturing, and often analyzing, the life of himmler from his catholic childhood, through his initial failures of military life, through his rise to become one of hitlers inner circle and the most powerful person in the third reich. In life, and in the grisly manner of his death, joseph goebbels was one of adolf hitlers most loyal acolytes.
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